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If I had your male and he had feathered middle toe I would cull from breeding. If you breed this you will only have more in the future. If you just want chickens for the backyard and never intend to sell eggs or show it would not make any difference. The only problem would be later if you decided to raise something to the SOP.
At 8 mo. your male also appears to have a narrow back and a comb with a thumbprint. Don
Don,
You have to remember that not all of us can produce 600 chickens at a whack. We can only try to get some good birds and improve from there. It's much easier to cull enmass with huge amounts of birds, but if I culled like you do, I wouldn't have ANY birds!
Will I ever show, doubtful. Do I want SOP birds, yes. It will just take me longer to get there. I don't sell eggs or birds at this point, and won't until I have something worth passing on. It will just take me much longer to do it. I think her roo is a nice bird, despite his faults. She is starting off way better than a lot of here with him. JMHO
If I had your male and he had feathered middle toe I would cull from breeding. If you breed this you will only have more in the future. If you just want chickens for the backyard and never intend to sell eggs or show it would not make any difference. The only problem would be later if you decided to raise something to the SOP.
At 8 mo. your male also appears to have a narrow back and a comb with a thumbprint. Don
Don,
You have to remember that not all of us can produce 600 chickens at a whack. We can only try to get some good birds and improve from there. It's much easier to cull enmass with huge amounts of birds, but if I culled like you do, I wouldn't have ANY birds!

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